橄榄 — meaning in English
gǎn lǎn
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English meaning
- olive noun A small oval fruit, usually eaten pickled or pressed for its oil, that grows on a Mediterranean tree.
Senses
橄榄 is used for these senses in English:
- olive The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
olive — full definition
- noun A small oval fruit, usually eaten pickled or pressed for its oil, that grows on a Mediterranean tree.
- noun The tree itself, cultivated for thousands of years around the Mediterranean.
- adj A dull, yellowish-green colour, like an unripe olive.